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Matchmaking: The Jane Austen Memory Game

By John Mullan
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Brief Description
Put your memory skills to the test as you pair up Austen's most famous couples. Simple game play that everyone will understand and enjoy. The perfect gift for fans of Jane Austen. Learn more about the characters and their relationships in the accompanying booklet. It is... Read More
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Match up Jane Austen's iconic characters with their romantic partners in this charming memory game

Description

Put your memory skills to the test as you pair up Austen's most famous couples.

Simple game play that everyone will understand and enjoy.

The perfect gift for fans of Jane Austen.

Learn more about the characters and their relationships in the accompanying booklet.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife! Help Jane Austen's most eligible characters find their perfect partners in this matchmaking memory game. With all the cards face down, you must turn over two at a time in hopes of pairing up Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, Emma Woodhouse and Mr Knightley, and many more couples besides.

Put your literary knowledge and memory skills to the test as you piece together romantic courtships, rash, ill-advised matches, long, comfortable marriages, and everything in between.

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 9781399601252

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Cards

Date Published: 22 September 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Illustration: 50 colour images

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Barry Falls
  • Illustrated by Barry Falls

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Length: 50.0mm

Width: 102.0mm

Height: 146.0mm

Weight: 325g

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John Mullan

About the Author

John Mullan (Author)

Professor John Mullan is Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature and Head of the English department at UCL.

Barry Falls (Illustrator)

Barry Falls is an illustrator based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has worked for The New York Times, The Guardian, American Airlines, Unicef and Random House.

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